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Adam Ebert Awarded NIH F31 Grant
Adam Ebert was awarded a highly prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) award from The National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Adam’s thesis dissertation seeks...
Welcome to Our New Research Assistants!
Starting this Fall, three new undergraduate students will be working in the MacGurn Lab. Sunny Xu is a second year Vanderbilt undergraduate majoring in Medicine, Health and Society. Yonatan Tariku is a fourth year Vanderbilt undergraduate who is pre-dental. And Sophia...
Jason MacGurn Takes on New Role
Jason MacGurn is assuming the role of Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. In this role, Jason will provide service to the department through organizing and administering the CDB graduate program, which currently trains 65...
Thyandra Martinez Completes Post-Bac Program at Vanderbilt
Thyandra Martinez completes her post-bac program at Vanderbilt. She will join Dartmouth University as a Graduate Student in the Fall of 2025. Congratulations Thyandra!
Welcome Madeleine McLean!
Madeline McLean is a high school student participating in the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt (SSMV) program. As part of this program, Maddy began planning her project in the Spring and will work in the lab over the summer. Maddy will pilot a new genetic...

